romney repeatedly moved to the right on issues. his most extreme position and the one that helped him win the nomination the most was the rightward move on immigration. romney claimed rick perry was creating -- he favored making things so hard for undocumented workers they would self-deport. romney signaled to the republican base he shared their views on immigration in the language he used to talk about it. >> almost half the jobs created in texas were created for illegal aliens. instate tuition for illegal citizens. giving tuition breaks for the kids of illegal aliens. four years of college. you can't have any illegals working on our property. i'm running for office. >> the word illegal continues to be used because the word modifies the person, not their status. it's why journalists wants "the new york times" and other news outlets to stop using the term illegal immigrant. here he is making the plea last month. >> it's time we retire the word and the term illegal immigrant referring to people. it's not only an inhumane term, it is